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Festivals unique to the United States (and Canada and Mexico in some cases) include pow wows, Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, blues festivals, county fairs, state fairs, ribfests, and strawberry festivals. The first U.S. state fair was that of New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually to the present year. [1]
Musikfest, an eleven-day outdoor music festival held annually each August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the largest free music festival in the United States, drawing over 1.3 million attendees. [1] This is a list of music festivals in the United States organized by state and then by name. It includes current and past notable festivals.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is an annual German-heritage festival in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Based on the original Munich Oktoberfest, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States [1] and second largest in the world. [2] First held in 1976, as of 2024 it hosted over 800,000 attendees each year.
The festival hosts an estimated 400,000 people each July and sells out annually. [4] Lollapalooza is one of the largest music festivals in the world and one of the longest-running in the United States. [5] [6] Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 as a farewell tour by Perry Farrell, singer of the group Jane's Addiction. The first ...
Why It’s Special: The Chicago festival was created in 1991 by Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, and it remains one of the largest and longest-running festivals in North America. With nine ...
The largest independently owned music festival in the U.S., expect to hear a range of music genres and to explore areas entirely devoted to activism and sustainability. It’s a true reflection of ...
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. [1] It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. [2]
Summerfest was named the "World's Largest Music Festival" by Guinness World Records in 1999.